Part of the problem is that for a long time, we’ve had a politics that’s been too small for the scale of the challenges we face. This is something I spoke about a few weeks ago in a speech I gave in Philadelphia. And what I said was that instead of having a politics that lives up to Dr. King’s call for unity, we’ve had a politics that’s used race to drive us apart, when all this does is feed the forces of division and distraction, and stop us from solving our problems.That is why the great need of this hour is much the same as it was when Dr. King delivered his sermon in Memphis. We have to recognize that while we each have a different past, we all share the same hopes for the future — that we’ll be able to find a job that pays a decent wage, that there will be affordable health care when we get sick, that we’ll be able to send our kids to college, and that after a lifetime of hard work, we’ll be able to retire with security. They’re common hopes, modest dreams. And they’re at the heart of the struggle for freedom, dignity, and humanity that Dr. King began, and that it is our task to complete.
Obama, em Indianápolis – mesmo lugar onde Bob Kennedy estava 40 anos atrás;
Não sei se o Obama é uma espécie de realização das idéias do King sobre igualdade racial e superação de diferenças nos Istates. Mas certamente ele pode se gabar de ter o mesmo faro para motivar mobilizações, e o mesmo talento impressionante para a retórica.
Caso alguém se interesse, o discurso que o Obama menciona, de um dia antes do assassinato do King em Memphis é este aqui:
Começa em 1:08.
